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Monday, November 28, 2016

Well gang, here we are at Week #10 already. Here in the USA, Thanksgiving has come and gone and now we are slammed into Christmas. My daughter was here for Thanksgiving and when we got up on Friday morning she cheerfully announced "It's Christmas!". And just like that, we blinked and went from fall to winter. Even the weather has been cold - we had frost two times last week here in north Florida! I hope everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving last week had a fabulous family holiday. It's a huge amount of work to do all the cooking and baking, but it can be such a blessed time with family that makes it all worth the hard work! I was rewarded after struggling a full day to make apple and pumpkin pies by my family's feedback. They said it was the best apple pie they ever had :)

So on to our Week #10 tag. I had fun with neutrals again this week, using kraft, white and black with a tiny pop of red. I started with a jumbo manila tag and overlaid it with a sheet of kraft, cut to fit over the tag. I used Ranger's Glacier White pigment ink, first stamping with Wendy Vecchi's polka dot stamp and then Tim Holtz's Mini Weathered Winter stamp set.

Then out came the Mini Doodle Greetings set, stamped with Glacier White pigment ink onto black card stock. I dry rubbed a small amount of the Glacier White with my finger over the stamped black panel to make it look like a chalkboard.

My central panel is a piece of corrugated cardboard, ripped and smeared with white gesso (used my finger), Next a small remnant of shabby brown flocked dotted ribbon was wrapped over the cardboard. Last, I cut three of three snowflakes from the Stacked Snowflake die out of kraft chipboard. I rubbed white gesso over the three snowflakes and while wet, sprinkled Rock Candy distress glitter over it. My focal element was topped off with a double twine bow and a tiny red flower that I made recently with the Tiny Tattered Florals die and never used.

The tiny deer was brushed with Picket Fence distress paint (to whiten it up a bit) plus a bit of Rock Candy distress glitter was added. A Kaisercraft holly flourish was added to top it off. I felt like it still needed something so I cut three of the Paper Snowflakes, Mini from the season's Tim Holtz Mini Stash Tidings. It still needed something more so I used a strip of the Design Tape - Tidings along the top and bottom.

Thanks so much for stopping by. My sincere apologies if you have linked up and I have't been by to visit. It's been crazy with Thanksgiving, the family in town and then the Black Friday sale at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. I am determined to catch up this week an can't want to see what you all have been making!

8 comments:

Linda, this one's a beauty! Well, they all are! I love the rustic look to this, and the little pop of red really sets that gorgeous stacked snowflake off! I think this one's going to be fun to make! So happy you were rewarded with heartfelt praise for your pies and had a wonderful Thanksgiving! These days speed by, don't they? Hugs!

Retired from the everyday workaday world. Owner of The Funkie Junkie, a small on-line craft boutique. When I'm not packing orders, I'm indulging my passion for creating beauty by making hand-made greeting cards and other paper crafts.